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Head Coach
Following his playing career, Ferry embarked on a coaching career that included eight years as an assistant coach. He started at his alma mater for a year, before moving onto Bentley College. As an assistant, he helped Bentley win the 1992-93 Northeast 10 regular season championship and earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament. He earned his ?rst head coaching job at Plymouth State in 1998, where in just one campaign with the Panthers, Ferry guided the team to a 22-8 mark to break the school record for wins. Plymouth State also won a share of the Little East Conference title and was runner-up at the ECAC New England Tournament. Ferry returned to his home state when he took the Adelphi University head coaching position in 1999-2000. During his three seasons with the Panthers, Ferry began to make his mark in the coaching ranks. Ferry’s ?rst team set a school-record for wins with a 23-7 record and claimed its ?rst regular-season conference championship in 36 years. Adelphi also advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Division II Tournament. In 2000-01, Ferry’s Adelphi squad opened the season with 31 straight wins and led all NCAA Division I, II and III teams with a .969 winning percentage. He led the team to a No. 1 national ranking and the Elite Eight of the national tournament. His ?nal season with the Panthers included a second straight trip to the Elite Eight and a No. 4 ranking after ?nishing 28-3. During his time at Adelphi, Ferry collected three Metropolitan Coach of the Year awards and was also named the Basketball Times Division II Coach of the Year in 2000-01. Ferry and his wife, Kelly, live in Merrick, N.Y., with their four children: Victoria, twins Hannah and James, and Leo.

was not only the best about-face in the league that season, but the biggest jump for a team in four years. As a result, Ferry was named the 2004-05 NEC Coach of the Year in just his third season on the job. Opposing teams know what to expect when they see Ferry on the opposite bench. An intense competitor, his teams re?ect his passion for the game, its techniques and traditions. A tireless recruiter, he has assembled a diverse multinational roster. Despite the varied backgrounds of his athletes, Ferry cultivates their common traits to mold them together seamlessly into his overall vision for the team. “We’ve been able to establish ourselves as one of the top teams in the league having been picked very high in the preseason polls,” he said. “By bringing in quality people and recruiting to our style and philosophy we’ve built the program the right way. The Wellness Center and the changes on campus have shown people this is a great place to go to school. We have the ability to win a conference championship and we want to stay at the top as one of the premier programs in the Northeast Conference and I think we will continue to move in that direction.” Ferry arrived on LIU’s campus in downtown Brooklyn prior to the 2002-03 season with a strong understanding of the history of the program he was inheriting. At the time of his hiring, LIU games were played in the Schwartz Center, which houses the historic Brooklyn Paramount Theater, the home of the Blackbirds from 1963-2006. Under Ferry, the Blackbirds opened a new chapter in the program’s history by moving into its new $45 million home - the Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center. Ferry has seen his teams win almost 67 percent of their home games since moving into one of the best home courts in the Metropolitan area. Ferry’s ties to New York City go back to his youth while growing up in Elmont, N.Y., as the son of a New York City transit police of?cer. He played one year at New York Tech before transferring to Keene State, where he posted a double-?gures scoring average for his career. Ferry led the Owls in scoring as a junior and holds the single-game record for free throw attempts with 19. He graduated in 1990, earning a degree in safety studies.

The Ferry File
1990-91 Keene State (Assistant) ........................................ 4-22 1991-92 Bentley (Assistant) ..............................................17-10 1992-93 Bentley (Assistant) 1 2 ........................................... 24-7 1993-94 Bentley (Assistant) ..............................................14-13 1994-95 Bentley (Assistant) ..............................................10-17 1995-96 Bentley (Assistant) ................................................ 18-9 1996-97 Bentley (Assistant) ..............................................16-11 1997-98 Bentley (Assistant) ..............................................16-11 1998-99 Plymouth State 3 .................................................... 22-8 1999-00 Adelphi 1 4 5 6 ............................................................ 23-7 2000-01 Adelphi 1 4 5 6 7.......................................................... 31-1 2001-02 Adelphi 1 4 5 6 ............................................................ 28-3 2002-03 Long Island .......................................9-19 (7-11 NEC) 2003-04 Long Island ...........